Age of Conan Options

[Dogmeat]

Anybody tried this?

Hahaha ... there's like two new MMORPG cames coming out, this one and a Warhammer game..

Anyone gonna give up WoW =)

[Aaron]

Okay, so I'm back with my impressions of the Ranger class so far... but before I post that, here's some more basic info on AoC.

If you aren't familiar with the archetypes and classes of AoC, here's a quick primer:

Archetypes are listed first, followed by classes.

Priest: Priest of Mitra, Tempest of Set, Bear Shaman
Soldier: Guardian, Conqueror, Dark Templar
Rogue: Barbarian, Ranger, Assassin
Mage: Demonologist, Necromancer, Herald of Xotli

I don't know much about non-Rogue archetypes, so I'll leave those alone. Barbarians are basically fury warriors without the armor, Assassins are basically dagger rogues from WoW, and Rangers are basically WoW hunters without the pet.

All classes, regardless of archetypes, have stealth... but the stealth ability of the Rogue archetype is significantly better/higher (don't know exactly which better describes it) than other archetypes. Also, one's success at stealth is based on whether or not you are in shadows, the time of day, your skill level in stealth, how fast you are moving and what type of armor you are wearing.

I'm going to assume most are familiar with the melee combat system. If not, basically NPCs (and PCs) have three "shields" that provide some type of armor bonus. They can be spread out evenly (left, upper, right) around your character, situated all on the same side (all three left), or distributed any other way. Offensively, you have three basic melee attacks available: left, up, right. Generally, you try to attack the direction that has the least amount of shields (one or none).

Combos are a big part of the melee system. So, basically, you get a melee/ranged combo and it requires a certain number of directional attacks before the combo is performed. As a Ranger, at least at this point, my best combo is called Salvo. So, to perform this combo, I press the hotbar item associated with Salvo, and then perform an left directional ranged attack followed quickly by an upper directional ranged attack. Once the prerequisite attacks are made, my character automatically performs Salvo.

More later, have to work.